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Ministerial Conference in Kyiv approves Chaves Report

Ministerial Conference in Kyiv approves Chaves Report[14/11/2011]

The 17th session of the Conference of Ministers responsible for Local and Regional Government has approved a report by Manuel Chaves, Spanish Minister of Territorial Policy and Public Administration, centred on local and regional democracy work of the Council of Europe. The report approves the reforms undertaken by the Congress since the Utrecht Conference, particularly concerning transparency and the monitoring of the European Charter of Local Self-Government. Minister Chaves also proposed that the Congress establish a common agenda with the Ministerial Conference in order to improve coordination. ''We have a report that will serve to guide our work for the coming years, and we fully support its findings,'' said Congress President Keith Whitmore.